Coming Out: A Parade or a Whisper or Somewhere in Between
Living authentically and freely was my only option if I wanted to stay alive.
Living authentically and freely was my only option if I wanted to stay alive.
I accept that right now agoraphobia is part of my present, but one day, it will be part of my past.
Imagine someone saying the anguish you’re experiencing is something you made up.
To achieve liberation, we all have to be willing to sacrifice for the collective gain.
When I learned about Saint Dymphna, the patron saint of those who suffer from nervous, emotional, and mental disorders, the anxious and the depressed, I embraced her as a sort of personal guardian.
I can be a man. I am a man, even if nobody else sees it.
I don’t need to always see the light or carry this burden myself.
We want to invite the TWLOHA community to join us on this necessary and overdue journey toward antiracism.
Resources created by and for Black people.
There’s something powerful about coming out to yourself. There’s something powerful about finally knowing who you are.
Not everyone gets to bear witness to me. Not everyone gets to know my pain. And that’s okay.
We’re often seen as heroes, but we’re also human.
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